that patient a man in his 30s that has no travel history. >> he's not hospitalized. contract tracing is currently underw underway. unfortunately, there is one house cold contact that became symptomatic yesterday and being tested today. >> governor newsom announced the variant today. >> i'm not surprised that you have a case and likely more cases in california and we likely will be seeing reports from other states, colorado were the first to do that. >> fauci says the variant was so prominent in the u.k. it was bound to spread due to people traveling. today the governor announced a new plan to open schools for in person learning and it won't necessarily be simple. abc 7 kris reyes is live in the newsroom. >> good afternoon, kristen. this is news parents and teachers have been waiting for but make no mistake, it will

take work. schools need to prepare safety plans, report data and conduct regular inspections. >> here is the plan. phased in in person learning strategy that would focus disproportionately on those youngest cohorts and those that are most in need. >> that includes students with special education needs, those who are experiencing homelessness and in foster care. elementary schools could open for in person learning as early as february with all schools to follow by spring. but to get the green light, schools have to submit a safety plan to local and state officials and the county they are in must have fewer than 28 covid cases per 100,000 rest den -- residen residents. that could qualify many counties. the governor said the state will help schools with ppe, contract racing and mass testing ofaf st >> until the doses are available, it seems to me there is nothing more important than

robust covid testing and contact tracing. >> an additional $2 billion in government funding will be available to support reopening including safety renovations. >> it works out to $450 per people, not insignificant when you consider that's more than all instruct materials. >> tucsf pediatrician has been brought on to lead the team. abc 7 talked to the doctor in july when her research team showed students at a day camp how to give themselves covid-19 tests. >> transmissions among and from younger students, students to students is simply not common. fundamental fact that learning remains >> we need to understand the

school year in new ways. many districts want to and will be supported to continue to expand the school year, to offer schooling in the summer. >> so actually something to look forward to in the new school year, you might see new innovatio innovations. by the way, this plan is very fluid and online hot line will be established to empower staff and parents to report concerns and ideas, kristen >> before you go, is there a vaccination plan before reopening? ir mea i mean, that is key for teachers. >> absolutely. big question. right now we're in phase 1 a of the state's vaccination plan, which mostly includes front line workers but in the next pashase the governor says schools will be a priority. >> we'll see if that will be enough. thank you. in the east bay, seniors and staff at a walnut creek retirement community got covid-19 vaccinations today.

one of the first senior homes to get the vaccine, the center partnered with contra costa county to serve the high risk population. seniors there say they haven't been able to see their family for months. it been tough. they hope getting the vaccine could make that happen a little sooner. now, if you want to know when it will be your turn to be vaccinated, we have a calculator on abc7news.com. by answering a few questions, you can see where you may fall in the vaccination line. and with covid-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise, covered california is reminding the state's uninsured residents to enroll by tonight to receive coverage at the start of the new year. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen explains why officials are making this big push now. >> reporter: this afternoon, an urgent message to the uninsured in california. >> covid or other health issues could touch us out of the blue at any moment. >> reporter: peter lee is the executive director of covered columbia a free service that

connects californians with health insurance under the patient protection and affordable care act. wednesday night is the deadline to enroll if you want coverage to start on january 1st, not to mention the piece of mind that comes with it. the state says 1.2 million californians still haven't signed up for insurance, a concerning figure especially in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic. >> if you end up going into an icu and walk out and weren't insured, you might have a $60,000 bill. now, the first thing you want is the right care at the right time but you also don't want to go bankrupt becaus of getting health care. >> reporter: covered california has certified enrollment counselors across the state including the south bay where employees at gardener health services are ready to help. many applicants will qualify for a deep discount through the state's health insurance marketplace or be eligible for medical. >> use clinics to keep you healthy as opposed to waiting until you're absolutely so sick you have to go to the emergency

room or heaven forbid you have an episode where you are so sick you can't walk. >> reporter: if having insurance during the pandemic isn't motivation enough, consider this. residents who can't provide proof of coverage will face penalties when their state income taxes are due. to help california's open enroll comments through january. >> if you're struggling with premiums or out of a job, you should go to cover california to check to see what you get. >> reporter: the coverage providing a critical safety net for the community as a whole. chris nguyen, abc 7 news. oakland mayor libby schaaf is confident a statute of breonna taylor that was destroyed will find a new home. it was vandalized and the remanence has been stolen. it was stolen with the phrase say her name breonna taylor. the artist promised to rebuild it while a permanent location

has not been chosen, money is raised to replace the sculpture and cast it in bronze. >> the destruction of that beautiful, powerful statute was an absolute atrocity. it not appropriate for me alone to make these decisions. i trust our public art commission and our cultural art commission to actually entertain these ideas. >> that was mayor libby schaaf today. the oakland police department says officers are looking at video from nearby businesses to investigate the vandalism and theft. >> a lot more to come, a de a delicate operation. a crane for instillation at the port of oakland. we'll show you cranes. the first snow survey of the season, good and bad news. we'll explain. also another holiday celebration reimagin reimagined. we'll talk with the asian art museum about how its new year

bell ringing ceremony will be able to happen. there is wet weather as this year winds down and a lot more wet

a boost is coming to the port of oakland with the largest container cranes ever.

the giant cranes are sitting in the bay. amy hollyfield has more on their arrival and how they'll help boost production at the port. >> you're looking at a boost to the economy. coming in under the golden gate bridge this morning. these three cranes mean cargo ships coming to the port of oakland can now fit more goods on board. they can stack their shipments even higher and they will need more people to handle the cargo. >> when a ship comes in, you've got to have dock workers and crane operators to pull that cargo off or to load cargo onto the vessel and then you've got to have truck drivers to take the cargo to a warehouse or take it to rails so it can head inland. >> reporter: the port of oakland received ultra large vessels and need to be able to unload them. with the cranes, they will now be able to. the boom will reach to the very edge of the huge ships. >> this is really important because the ships keep getting

larger. >> reporter: the cranes were built in china and arrived here a little before 8:00 this morning. the port of oakland says they are the largest cranes on the west coast and cost tens of millions of dollars. >> we want to thank the terminal operator that's making the investment in this infrastructure. it means showing confidence in oakland. >> reporter: the cranes will spend a few days getting prepared to dock and rolled off of the vessel and then reassembled. it will be a few weeks before they are operational. so the port of oakland couldn't say when these new jobs will materialize but keep an eye out for them. they are coming. in alameda, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. holiday gatherings are being reinvented including the asian art museum's 35th annual bell ringing ceremony. it going virtual. the celebration will be different in some interesting and exciting ways. joining us now are deb clear

waters from the asian art museum and ari from the zen center in oakland. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> deb, i'm going to start with you. this is the 35th year. every year you reimagine it. it always a little different. how did you have to adjust this year? >> well, we can't gather at the museum. the museum is closed so we had to do everything virtual and what we did is have a temple in oakland so we went to the temple and film the sen moth ceremony in advance to have that ready to present to guests who will gather virtually tomorrow. >> all right. i'm going to have you talk a little bit more about what people will see and part of the tradition of ringing that bell 108 times. why 108? what does that signify? >> the buddha teach you human

have 108 kinds of bono and that is in english we can say desires attachment such as greed or ignorance or anger. so in order to clean up all those over the year, try 108 times and let it go one by one. >> so tell us what more people will see. by the way, i should mention that as we meditate during the bell ringing and let those thoughts go, a lot of people had things they want to forget about 2020. this year probably more important than ever but deb, tell me more. there is other parts of the program and story telling. what else goes along with the experience? >> at 10:00 we'll have story tellers telling japanese new year folk tails and that will be a really fun friendly event to

gather the kids and have something for them and at 11:00 we'll gather live virtually on screen just like we are now at the temp which is neck in oakland. it's a beautiful temple and have a short conversation with the special celebration getting ready for this special time of year, the cleaning that has to happen and the special decorations and that's going to be a unique offering that's different because we haven't talked with that and then the ceremony will be, have a lot of the same elements it has which includes purification ritual where rev rent will be sprinkling water on all of us and some chanting of the heart sutra askand ringing of the bel and i'll encourage people to feel like they don't have to sit

at their commuter aputer and wa but go to new year's eve preparations. >> is there a component -- >> i -- >> that's why we listen to the bell. we try to finish. >> can i ask what foods are tip kick -- typical or decorations? what can they serve and put out? >> there is decorations we order in the temple. i hope you can see it. it's the concept and it is special new years. this is things like that and by the time the pace, if you have the paste the first. >> there is a recipe that people can make at home on the museum's

website. we have a packet that includes a recipe. >> fabulous. it's so nice to meet you. what is your role? do you help run the center and activities? >> yes, i take care of this term. also, japanese jazz club. >> i look forward to this event with all of you. it sounds fabulous. deb, pretty easy for people to participate? is there a fee associated and donations accepted? tell us how to get in on it. >> we'll be streaming live on facebook for the bell ringing to attend the story telling we want you to register with us on zoom. both programs are free, of course, donations are always gratefully accepted and we just hope to see everyone online in whatever way you can be there.

>> all right. i have to say, i had huge plans for a dream trip to japan this year cancelled due to what is happening, to be able to partake culturally through this event is something i'm excited about and i hope bay area viewers will, as well. thank you for sharing. this is happening tomorrow starting at 10:00 in the morning we with the new year story telling. you can register online at asian art.org because it one of the amazing offerings they have at the art my suseum and this is aw year tradition 35 years running. >> wonderful. going to be terrifi. not a good start for california snow pact unfortunately a. team from the department of water resources conducted its first survey of the season today at phillip station off highway 50 not far from lake tahoe. the numbers there were good. 30.5 inches of snow with a water equivalent of 15.5 however

statewide keep in mind the snow pact is just 52 percent of average for this date. so we have a long way to go. we need to make up lost ground here and spencer christian is tracking that for us. spencer, and looks like we'll get more precipitation. >> that is drew, dan and kristen. more tonight and early tomorrow morning. then a little dry spell for an old year out, new year in. a string of wet days into next week. here is a look what is happen now. live view looking out over san francisco where it is currently, well, the temperature didn't report. 56 degrees earlier. so probably around 55, 56 right now. we have mid 50s also at oakland, mountain view, san jose and gilroy and 50 half moon bay and emeryville under increasingly cloudy skies. mid 50s santa rosa, novato and livermore and 58 concord. a nice view of the clouds gathering over the bay from our rooftop camera at abc 7.

these are the forecast futures. light rain and showers this evening and continue overnight. it will be sunny by midday with a dry new year's eve and a series overstorms i mentioned beginning on saturday and continue into the middle of next week. beach hazard statement in effect will expire at 10:00 tonight but replaced by a high surf advisory from 10:00 p.m. tonight to 3:00 am friday. large breakers up to 20 feet in height. long run up i should say and coastal erosion may occur and a chance of strong rip currents. the approaching storm ranks one o the abc 7 storm impact scale so for tonight and early tomorrow morning, very early, light rain and showers less than .2, most locations roads will be wet and slippery. here is the forecast animation. you can see by 8:00 tonight, we'll see pockets of showers spreading from north to south. that pattern continues during the late night and overnight hours but by 5:00 tomorrow morning as the commute begins, this storm will wind down and skies will start to clearerly.

rainfall totals once again, under .10 for most places. up to .2, maybe a little higher. overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the low to mid 40s, not nearly as chilly as last night. highs tomorrow under bright skies in the afternoon, mid 50s coast, upper 50s to about 60 near the bay and upper 50s to 60 inland and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. dry for most of the remainder of the day tomorrow and for friday series of relatively light storms coming in saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday of next week and may get a more energetic vigorous storm ranking two on the storm impact scale so much needed precipitations coming to the bay area early next year. dan and kristen. >> all right. we'll take it. thanks, spencer. a bay area woman on ""wheel of fortune" but had a slipup solving a puzzle. what it has to do with

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a lot of people watch "jeopardy" and "wheel of fortune" and a few get to compete like an east bay woman did not too long ago. >> she slipped up when solving a puzzle and what happened next was a special moment for our own david louie. he joins us live now to spin the rest of the story. david, i love this. >> we are going to spin a story here. kristen and dan, i can't imagine the kind of pressure the game

show contestants are under and in the heat of the moment, i never expected an abc 7 viewer to blurt out my name. >> "wheel of fortune"! >> it's the tv game show fan haves been watching for 45 years. only a few get to compete and spin the wheel for cash, dream trips and a car. jackelyn was one of those lucky ones. imagine the pressure as the letters come up and you're hard pressed to come up with the correct answer. >> i will solve. >> okay. go ahead. >> under pressure by queen and -- looks like david but what's the last name? >> david louie. >> what went through your mind at that point? >> i think at that point, i was just under so much pressure and i thought of you and abc 7 since i grew up watching you guys and that's the first thing that came

to my mind so that's what i said and i instantly knew it was incorrect but i figured i better say something than nothing. >> the correct answer of course is david bowie. >> i know who he is now. >> it turns out that wrong answer wasn't her undoing. >> i went to the bonus round and i solve that puzzle and i won so i redeemed myself after that. >> jackelyn won $45,000 in the bonus round and total wins of 4 64,000 which is a good start for daughter charlotte's college fund and home improvement projects. >> so you forgive me for topping into your mind when you gave that answer? >> 100%. >> i'm sure glad she recovers from that mistake and won big on the show. it's nice to know someone has my name at the tip of their tongue when david bowie is considerably more famous. dan and kristen, how about you? would you like to be named on

the show? >> you are a rock star at bay area news for these decades. >> no, no, no, you're the rock star. you get on stage and sing and perform. that was an absolute thrill. >> you both are. let me just say that's exactly what i would have said had i seen the same letters. >> i know. >> i see what our producer did with the graphics and the david louie. love it. great story. >> thanks, david. really

we did it... we did it!!! all our tweets, dms and carrier pigeons worked!! this ain't just stuffed crust. this is papa john's crust, stuffed. the united states breaks another record as the covid-19 crisis worsens here. more americans died from the

virus yesterday than ever before and as another vaccine gets approval in the u.k. a new variant first found in the country has been discovered in the u.s. including here in california. here is abc news reporter marcy gonzale gonzalez. >> reporter: a case of the variant of the coronavirus discovered in the u.s., this time in california. the announcement after officials in colorado reported one confirmed case and another suspect the case were found in members of the national guard deployed to help with staffing shortages at a nursing home. >> so far based on the testing that has been performed in that fa facility, we do no have evidence the virus is circulating but testing is on going. >> reporter: preliminary research shows the variant isn't more deadly. >> in addition, it doesn't seem to evade the protection that's afforded by the antibodies by vaccines. >> reporter: another vaccine was given the green light in the

u.k. people there will begin getting the as sttrazeneca vaccine on monday. the johnson & johnson vaccine will get fda emergency use authorization as soon as february. >> i think it will be quite the game changer where hopefully this vaccine is a one shot vaccine will have equivalent effectiveness to those of moderna and pfizer. >> reporter: so far more than 2 million doses of the other vaccines have been administered in the country as the impact of the virus intensifies. johns hopkins university reporting 3,725 americans died of covid-19 yesterday. the most since the pandemic began. los angeles county seeing a nearly 1,000% increase in daily hospitalizations from just two months ago. some hospitals in southern california now atti kcakcaka need of beds, oxygen and staff.

the situation is so concerning state health officials will ration hospital care if this surge worsens. marcy gonzalez, abc news los angeles. >> there is word of progress coming from overwhelmed hospitals and icus. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony explains improvements in treatment since the pandemic began are allowing more patients to stay off ventilators. >> we learned a lot about the care of covid patients since the beginning. >> reporter: at walnut creek's medical center an old school practice used in a new way is proving to be a valuable tool in keeping covid patients off ventilators. >> prone positioning is literally placing patients face down on their stomach. >> reporter: until now the practice of turning someone overusely with a mechanical bed was done almost exclusively after the patient had been intubated but at john muir, medical staff aren't waiting.

>> in fact, we started prone positioning patients not intubated yet not on a breathing machine to allow them to have better oxygen and possibly avoid intubation. >> reporter: there are many other tools, lessons learned from those treating the most seriously ill covid patients. >> now we have a lot more information number one about the virus and how it acts and then also some additional treatment most notably, the given early. >> reporter: despite the challenges of treating so many covid patients here over the past ten months, doctors are confident the tools and knowledge gained will be life saving long after the pandemic is over. >> this is something that we've talked about recently will be applying this to patients with all types of respiratory failure

going forward. >> reporter: laura anthony, abc 7 news. in the south bay, san jose mayor sam lacardo gave a g a g g address. >> after this pandemic has passed, we'll continue grappling with affordable housing, climate change and a widening economic divide. the ability to innovate and adopt gives us hope for a return to a new normal but for a better normal. >> a better normal. wouldn't that be nice? address had been postponed for several months because of the pandemic. the mayor highlighted city programs helping close the digital divide for students and addressing homelessness and thanked essential workers like restaurant workers and grocery store clerks. a federal judge probing the zogg fire says pg&e public safety power shut offs don't do enough to protect californians from deadly wildfires. it killed four people in september and started right

beneath a pg&e power line. brandon explains the judge plans to force the utility to change how it decides where to shut off power. >> reporter: they ran for their lives in a pickup truck. but the truck ran off the road. >> in 45 minutes my entire life was wiped out. >> reporter: zack mcelderry clo and their 8-year-old daughter died in the fire. the fire killed two other people. this pg&e power line quickly came under incevestigationinves. power companies are supposed to cut trees away from power lines so it doesn't spark a fire. it not a matter of landscaping and guard ardening but life andh but pg&e admitted something shocking to the judge. the crews it hires didn't cut all the trees here they had marked. that's a problem we've seen in other parts of pg&e's vast g&ega monopo

monopoly. if the trees aren't trimmed, the last line of defense is a fire safety blackout shutting off the lines so they can't spark fires after pleading guilty to 84 felony counts of manslaughter for the negligent maintenance work that burned down the town of paradise, pg&e's executives assured us things wouldn't change. >> you won't see us back at one of these? >> no, sir. >> reporter: the zogg fire started a few months later. pg&e shut off the power elsewhere that day but not here. the company admitted the complicated formula it uses to decide where to switch off power didn't factor in whether the trees had been trimmed. the algorithm ignored the main problem the judge wrote. he's ordering pg&e to change that for blackouts next fire season quote to protect the people of california from yet further death and destruction caused by the offender's continuing failure to operate its power grid safely. in sacramento, i'm brandon rid man. >> p grksz andg&e is reviewing .

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us. the schools in person education next year. today the governor encouraged schools to bring students back to class starting with the elementary kids first as early as february. older students would follow sometime in the spring distance learning would still be an option for students. governor newsom promised $2 billion in aid to promote testing, ventilation and for ppe as well. ama i know you have a young daughter. there is so much pressure on the governor to get kids back in class because it's been disruptive but concern about safety. >> absolutely. it's hard. teachers want to be in class with their kids but they're also worried about the safety of their kids, their own safety. i think as long as there is still the opportunity to distance learn if that's best for your family because of health circumstances, it is hard especially with the variant found that seems to be more contagious spreading more

quickly than what we've been seeing. it feels like an impossible situation. >> spencer, i suppose it's like forecasting. that's what they are planning for now but circumstances can change. >> exactly. right. it sounds like a reasonable plan and it gives us hope that we can get students and teachers back in the cloassroom at some point soon. we're sailing into uncharted waters and we just have to sort of play it by ear and hope for the best as we start to execute the plan. >> yeah, up. it is a plan. it is a plan that probably comes five months later than it should have. they could have worked on it over the summer and laid this out so during the fall when numbers were a little lower maybe they could have implemented that. but all right, better late than never. the last new episodes of jeopardy hosted by alex trebek will air next week. the first of the five will air monday and contain a powerful message about the season of giving from trebek. the final a airs january

8th. the veteran "jeopardy" champion will take over on january 11th. six of the next contestants are from the bay area. spen spencer, i'm not ready to think beyond the trebek era but ken jennings is a promising host. i think that would be a great choice to carry on the torch. >> i think so. i was thinking exactly the same thing as you were just telling, giving us the details. i'm sure there are other good choices out there but ken jennings would be a fine one to start. >> ama, do you think you'll continue to watch? >> yeah, i mean, you know, it's one of the things where you're definitely going to want to see one of the last episodes just because i don't know, that's just because you feel compelled to do that but yeah, i think as long as you get another good

host i think the loyal viewers are still going to want to watch. i think ken jennings is a great choice because he was a conses tent a -- contestant so it's not just another host coming in that has no involvement with the show or the history. >> yeah, i agree. i think ken jennings. from a cinderella story. nice way to transition, not just pick another celebrity after the treb trebek era. organizers in new york city have begun preparing for the new year's eve ball drop under strange scircumstances. they did the first test run sending the ball up. no one is allowed near times square to watch the ball drop in person because of the pandemic and nypd is busy shutting down streets and subway entranes but you can watch the ball drop virtually on dick clark's "rocking new year's eve" here on abc 7 and will feature the last

interview of the year from president elect joe biden. so, there won't be the usual 1 million people in times square for obvious reasons. spencer, i wonder what they will do at nfl and basketball games and pipe in crowd noise. >> i've thought about that. that's probably a pretty good idea. do whatever you can to make it feel like you're there with other people. yeah, i think it will be interesting. i might actually tune in to see how it feels. >> yeah, i will, too, and i'll be working that night and i'll definitely be watching. ama, it's one of the bucket list things for me. i'm not a big new year's eve se celebration person but i've always wanted to go to the new year's eve ball drop to say i've been there. this might be the year with no crowd. >> it's one of the things to say you did it but i don't want to

be jam packed in freezing my buns off with drunk people. >> you're not missing anything. i did it one year. i think i got as close as four blocks away from the actual ball and people mountain, mepeople s, i couldn't jam my way in. >> at least you can say you were there. >> four blocks away. we can agree we can say good-bye to 2020. finally on this four at 4:00, time to get pumped, pumped up for the best sports story of the year in the bay area. >> san jose state. ah-ha. that's what is going to happen. we'll destroy them. >> whoa. that's the legendary crazy george fired up during today's virtual pep rally for his san jose state spartans that battle tomorrow in the arizona bowl. coach brent brennan's team is 7-0. the spartans are hoping to complete the school's best season since 1939.

impressions? >> i don't think i can do that. nope. can't do that one. [ laughter ] >> well, i'm just happy for the spartans. you know, been such a challenging year for college athletics generally. that's a great story. >> yeah, to have a completed season and to be able to carry it out and to get to this point, it is. ama, that is spectacular. that voice. >> it's nice to see anybody genuinely fired up at this time. >> totally. >> that's true. >> still have little young children watch that. >> spencer, one last time, you want to give us the impersonation? that's pretty good. >> i don't think i can do that again. only

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. a rally was held in new york city in support of a black teenager falsely accused of stealing a woman's cell phone. the incident was caught on video and police are looking for the woman. christine sloan as the story. >> reporter: the nypd identified and working to locate the woman seen in this viral cell phone video. >> no, i'm not letting him walk away with my phone. >> reporter: khe says the woman confronted his 14-year-old son at the arlo hotel claiming the teen stole her phone. >> this is my phone.

>> show me. >> you don't have to explain nothing to her. >> that's mine. get it back, please. >> are you kidding me? you feel like there is only one iphone made in the world. >> the family holding a rally outside new york city hall. >> our children are dying. our children are losing their leveraging over racial profiling. >> the grammy winning musician worries what could have happened if he wasn't with his son. he alleges the woman grabbed his son and scratched him during the incident. >> please get my phone back. i cannot -- >> listen, get your butt off. >> everyone that saw that video, that saw how it's not supposed to be. >> the manhattan district attorney's office says it is thoroughly investigating this incident and criminal charges could be filed against the woman. >> management and security had plenty of time to deescalate the situation before the lady lad a chance to assault our son. >> arlo hotel says they reached

out to the family directly and in a statement say quote, more could have been done to deescalate the dispute. we want to apologize to mr. h d harold and his son for the inexcusable experience. the phone was tracked down and she left it in an uber. >> let's go back to the weather forecast. kristen, let's see if spencer recovered his voice after that impersonation. >> yes, let's see. >> the actual voice is here now. so we have a light storm coming in tonight. no excitement in this one. ranks one on the abc 7 storm impact scale. lit produce light rain and showers as you can see here in the forecast animation. just spotty showers and light rain. we don't expect much in the way of rainfall totals under .10 in most places. maybe up to by mid morning tomorrow cloudy skies but a series of storms

saturday. the first week of the new year will be a wet one, dan and kristen? >> okay. >> spencer, thank you. a man from nebraska is finally back home 100 days after being hospitalized with covid-19. >> i wouldn't want even my worst enemy to go through what i went through. >> poor guy. his message for anyone that doubts the seriousness of this virus. new at 5:00, the vaccine is coming but the state admits it's not seeing as many doses as promised. how the state is moving forward. plus, there is still a lot up in the air when it comes to reopening schools. we'll look at some of the questions that still need real answers. those stories and more when ama and i

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through. it was -- i can't find a word that would describe it. you know. there was times i'd give up, i didn't want to keep living. >> reporter: even through the you have toughest times gary kept pushing on looking forward to the day he could see his children, tim and sarah, once again. >> knowing he couldn't have visitors for a large portion of his stay in icu, so that was hard just knowing he was by himself. >> reporter: on tuesday the day had finally come. gary beat the virus, completed his rehab, and was finally getting to go home. >> this was a big event for me and a big event for them for celebrate this with me. >> reporter: it was a celebration so special sarah flew in from illinois just to bear witness. reunited with his children and even some of his buddies, a smile was obvious under his mask, thankful for the chance to live. >> he has such a zest for life. he loves life. he loves people. so just the fact that he has a

second chance and it's not time for him to go yet. >> third chance. >> yeah, third chance because he had a massive heart attack last year. he's been through a lot. >> reporter: as gary waves good-bye and works on getting off oxygen, he offers a stern message for anyone who may doubt the seriousness of covid-19. >> if i hear anybody say that, i won't tell you what i'd say to them. there would be a discussion. it's real. it's so real. you know. and it's very painful. >> and that was macy meyer reporting. you can get the latest news anytime with the abc 7 news app. it has enhanced live video features, more customization, and personalized push alerts to get the news you want delivered to your phone in real time. thank you for joining us for abc ever since you've been hanging out with jack there's something... different about you. ♪ everyone's feeling the late night vibe with my $4 sauced & loaded tots-

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dr. fauci explains whether the vaccines we have now will still be effective. also state officials admit we're not getting as many vaccines as promised. will that mean a possible delay in getting it to people who are waiting for it? also here there's now an official plan for getting your kids back in school in person. how it will work and who will get back to class first. and how abc 7's david louie became an answer on one of america's most popular television game shows. >> announcer: building a better bay area. for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. i'm not surprised that you have a case and likely more cases in california. >> that's dr. anthony fauci, of course, chatting with governor gavin newsom about the new strain of covid-19, which has just been confirmed in our state. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. we learned today a man in san diego county tested positive for that fast-spreading coronavirus